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    The Emperor Jones

    1933 · Drama · 1h 20m

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  1. The Emperor Jones is a 1933 American pre-Code film adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's 1920 play of the same title, directed by iconoclast Dudley Murphy, written for the screen by playwright DuBose Heyward and starring Paul Robeson in the title role (a role he played onstage, both in the US and UK), and co-starring Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson ...

  2. A film adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play about a former convict who becomes the emperor of a Caribbean island. Paul Robeson delivers a powerful performance as Brutus Jones, a complex and conflicted character who faces his own demons and the rebellion of his subjects.

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    • Drama, Music
    • Dudley Murphy, William C. de Mille
    • 1933-09-29
  3. The Emperor Jones is a 1920 tragic play by American dramatist Eugene O'Neill that tells the tale of Brutus Jones, a resourceful, self-assured African American and a former Pullman porter, who kills another black man in a dice game, is jailed, and later escapes to a small, backward Caribbean island where he sets himself up as emperor.

    • Eugene O'Neill
    • 1920
  4. Watch The Emperor Jones with a subscription on Max, rent on Prime Video, or buy on Prime Video. A black congregation prays for the wily and ambitious Brutus Jones (Paul Robeson), who is off to...

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    • Paul Robeson
    • Dudley Murphy
    • Drama
  5. A film adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play about a Caribbean dictator who faces a rebellion. Starring Paul Robeson, Dudley Murphy, Dudley Digges and others.

    • Dudley Murphy, Joseph H. Nadel
    • Paul Robeson
  6. A film adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play about a former convict who becomes the ruler of a Caribbean island. The plot follows his rise and fall, his schemes and schemes, and his final confrontation with his past and his enemies.

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  8. © 2024 Google LLC. "The Emperor Jones" (1933), directed by Dudley Murphy and starring Paul Robeson, is a groundbreaking film adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play. Robeson plays ...

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